Read in a trade journal that the first successful continuous casting line for steel was installed in 1949, not the 1960s like I'd always heard. Found that surprising.

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That 1949 date is for a specific plant in Germany, right? I remember reading it was a small scale pilot line that took years to copy. Makes you wonder why the tech spread so slow if it worked. Were the old mills just too expensive to replace, or was the early steel quality not good enough for everything?

sethh581d ago

Huh, that's a real fact check. My buddy's dad was a steelworker, retired now. He told a story about some older guys at his plant who swore they saw a continuous caster on a tour back in the early 50s. Everyone thought they were mixing up their years. Looks like those old timers had it right all along. Funny how the common story gets stuck in the later decade.

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